Cited by 1,970Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsCancer-related molecular mechanisms research

YAP/TAZ at the Roots of Cancer

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Zanconato, Francesca, Cordenonsi, Michelangelo, Piccolo, Stefano·2016·Cancer Cell

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YAP and TAZ are highly related transcriptional regulators pervasively activated in human malignancies. Recent work indicates that, remarkably, YAP/TAZ are essential for cancer initiation or growth of most solid tumors. Their activation induces cancer stem cell attributes, proliferation, chemoresistance, and metastasis. YAP/TAZ are sensors of the structural and mechanical features of the cell microenvironment. A number of cancer-associated extrinsic and intrinsic cues conspire to overrule the YAP-inhibiting microenvironment of normal tissues, including changes in mechanotransduction, inflammation, oncogenic signaling, and regulation of the Hippo pathway. Addiction to YAP/TAZ thus potentially represents a central cancer vulnerability that may be exploited therapeutically.

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Authors
Zanconato, F., Cordenonsi, M., & Piccolo, S.
Affiliations
University of Padua (IT)
Corresponding author
  • Cordenonsi, Michelangelo
  • Piccolo, Stefano
Venue
Cancer Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-06
Volume
29
Issue
6
Pages
783-803
ISSN
1535-6108 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2426003472
Cited by
1,970
References
221
Citations by year
2026: 176 · 2025: 182 · 2024: 213 · 2023: 233 · 2022: 254 · 2021: 236 · 2020: 230 · 2019: 179 · 2018: 165 · 2017: 82 · 2016: 17
FWCI
15.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
  • Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
  • European Research Council
  • Horizon 2020 (670126-DENOVOSTEM)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Keywords
YAP, TAZ, Hippo signaling pathway, tumor initiation, solid tumors, cancer stem cells, chemoresistance, metastasis, tumor microenvironment, mechanotransduction, inflammation, oncogenic signaling, cancer vulnerability, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Hippo Signaling Pathway, YAP-Signaling Proteins, Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif Proteins, Animals, Humans, Neoplasms, Phosphoproteins, Transcription Factors, Neoplastic Stem Cells, Signal Transduction, Trans-Activators, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Mechanotransduction, Cellular, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Cell Proliferation, Tumor Microenvironment

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